History Theatre / JourneysEnd

* DownerEnding

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * BigEater: Trotter

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * BrokenPedestal: Stanhope is afraid to turn out as one for Raleigh.

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * HopelessWar: Most of the main characters feel that the war is ultimately pointless.

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * OfficerAndAGentleman: Stanhope and Osbourne, to a degree.

* Lt. Osborne, Stanhope's fatherly second in command

* Second Lt. Trotter, the token working-class officer
* Second Lt. Hibbert, an officer who's as traumatised as Stanhope. He hopes to get home by faking illness.
* Pvt. Mason, the officers' [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep unnamed]] DeadpanSnarker chef

* TheObiWan: Osbourne is older and more experienced than the other officers, looks out for Stanhope and [[spoiler: dies tragically in the second act.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Osbourne is viewed as one by the other characters, being the oldest of the cast and acting as a mentor and father figure.

* Aww,Look !TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* AwwLook!TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* Aww,Look!TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* Aww.Look!TheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* Aww.LookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther!: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* Aww.LookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A truly tragic example. [[spoiler: Stanhope shows just how deeply he cares for Raleigh when the latter is dying of his injuries.]]

* HairTriggerTemper: A Justified example in Stanhope, as the stress of the war has left him a broken man.

* [[TheCaptain Capt. Dennis Stanhope]], the ShellShockedSenior (a rather tragic example, he's in his early 20s). He drinks heavily to deal with the war but won't take any time off because of a sense of duty and a fear that everyone he knows at home, including his fiancée, will find out what he's become.

JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The [[JustifiedTrope stress of the war]] has left Stanhope with a severe drinking problem and a short temper, but he's still the same NiceGuy he was implied to be before deep down. Most apparent when he [[spoiler: comforts Raleigh as he's dying.]]

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * AntiHero: Stanhope.
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * BigBrotherMentor: Raleigh regards Stanhope as this.

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * ChefOfIron: Mason
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample, misuse? * DeadpanSnarker: Mason. The German soldier they capture has a few clever lines making fun of their attempts to speak German.
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * AFatherToHisMen:
%% cont. commented out as ZeroContextExample ** Osbourne is called "uncle" by most of the other officers.
%% cont. commented out as ZeroContextExample, likely NotASubversion ** Stanhope comforts Hibbert but still has KickTheDog moments.
%% cont. commented out as ZeroContextExample, likely NotASubversion ** Also subverted when Stanhope rages at Raleigh for "feeding with the men".

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stanhope could qualify to be one, but it's [[JustifiedTrope caused by the war]].
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * KickTheDog: Stanhope to Raleigh and Hibbert.
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * {{Nepotism}}: Strongly implied to be the way Raleigh got into Stanhope's company.
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * TheObiWan: One can view Osbourne in this light

%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * SadClown: Hardy and Hibbert. Everyone is trying to be one in the meal scene (except for Raleigh who can't bring himself to).
%% commented out as ZeroContextExample * WarIsHell: And the officers have it relatively easy.

* {{Nepotism}}: Strongly implied to be the way Raleigh got into Stanhope's company.

* AntiHero: Stanhope.
* BigBrotherMentor: Raleigh regards Stanhope as this.
* BigEater: Trotter
* BrokenPedestal: Stanhope is afraid to turn out as one for Raleigh.
* ChefOfIron: Mason
* DeadpanSnarker: Mason as well. The German soldier they capture has a few clever lines making fun of their attempts to speak German.
* AFatherToHisMen: Osbourne is called "uncle" by most of the other officers. Stanhope is a subversion, he comforts Hibbert but still has KickTheDog moments.
** Also subverted when Stanhope rages at Raleigh for "feeding with the men".
* FiveManBand. Could be viewed as a partial [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstruction]] since TheHero is flawed and often bullying, TheSmartGuy is using his brains to try and leave the team, not help it, and TheChick [[BreakTheCutie has his naivete brutally crushed]]
* HopelessWar: Most of the main characters feel that the war is ultimately pointless.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stanhope could qualify to be one, but it's [[JustifiedTrope caused by the war]].
* KickTheDog: Stanhope to Raleigh and Hibbert.

* TheObiWan: One can view Osbourne in this light
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Stanhope and Osbourne, to a degree.
* SadClown: Hardy and Hibbert. Everyone is trying to be one in the meal scene (except for Raleigh who can't bring himself to).
* WarIsHell: And the officers have it relatively easy.
* WorldWarOne: Naturally

* GoodLookingPrivates: Raleigh, according to the dialogue
** Stanhope too, even more so than Raleigh, if we are to believe the script.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Stanhope could qualify to be one, but it's [[{{Justified}} caused by the war]].

* BigBrotherMentor: Raleigh regards Stanhope as this. YourMileageMayVary.

* DeadpanSnarker: Mason as well.